Joe Hart wrote: > I think you hit it on the head. Because it's available. One of the > quirks of living in this liberal country is that it is _not_ illegal to > download films and music from the internet. Some loophole in the > copyright law.
I always thought it was a strange dichotomy that I can't get media for free off the internet, but I can go to the library and get the same thing that way for free. In both cases, the producers are not compensated... > The politicians are too afraid of the backlash from the public if they > try to fix it. Keep in mind this is also a country where one can go to > a coffeeshop. For those of you who don't know what a Dutch Coffeeshop > is, well....let's just say you don't find that they sell much coffee. Dutch coffee shops are fun. Vancouver, BC has at least one that I know of. Though you'd be hard pressed to find someone without coffee at that one (then again, the four food groups here are beef, salmon, coffee and beer...) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

